FKIE_CVE-2016-5127

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-07-23 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:48
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code involving an @import at-rule in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with a rel=import attribute of a LINK element.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://codereview.chromium.org/2082893005/
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://codereview.chromium.org/2091633002
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/618237
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codereview.chromium.org/2082893005/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codereview.chromium.org/2091633002
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/618237
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
Impacted products
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    },
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n de memoria en WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits.cpp en Blink, como se utiliza en Google Chrome en versiones anteriores a 52.0.2743.82, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a trav\u00e9s de un c\u00f3digo JavaScript manipulado implicando un @import at-rule en una secuencia de token Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) en conjunci\u00f3n con un atributo rel=import de un elemento LINK."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:48:47.937",
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